Learning English is a fair trade for U.S. freedoms
"American melting pot needs many languages" (letter, Dec. 18) has got to be one of the most inane letters to the editor this year.
Olsen's obvious anti-American stand against the English language being the "official" language of our country clearly places him among the plethora of those seeking any means to weaken our country and, in general, set various ethnic groups on one another. We waste millions of dollars every year printing all sorts of documents in Spanish to placate Hispanic groups, many in this country illegally. Why are we not printing these documents in Swedish, French, German, Chinese and so on? After all, it is only fair to do so in order to not insult our other ethnic groups. Political correctness demands it.
If you come here seeking the freedom this country offers, then join the rest of us to make and keep our country strong. If you want to keep your "old country" and your "old language" to heart, then go back where you came from.
Ian A. Millar
Kernersville
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I have to disagree with the title of this LTE.
If a person is an illegal immigrant, but speaks fluent English, they are still breaking the law.
The title creates a slippery-slope.
Posted on January 1, 2007 11:20 AM
"We waste millions of dollars every year printing all sorts of documents in Spanish..."
They also waste millions of dollars every year printing all sorts of documents in English. Instead of "official language vs. no official language," the debate should be about simply removing the state from our lives. Then everyone could have it the way they want it.
Posted on January 1, 2007 6:09 PM